I,m not sure if this even legal but it feels deadly.

yip,

Some cool flies there Will. I'm going to be trying Dick's sparse clouser a bit more myself as well. Would be interesting to see how they go on the markers.

I think you have to be an artist to be a SWF'er, some amazing looking lures here

@Will

Nice looking flies mate.
Those ones that are tangling, I'm guessing thin synthetic material.

If you add a collar - use material made on a brush and do one or two wraps - you will find it keeps the longer material from wrapping around the hook.

Even bucktail fibres splayed around the material that is tangling will help. You don't need to go thick - sparse will do just to veil and hold the synthetics in place.

Hope this makes sense to you and helps.

"Even bucktail fibres splayed around the material that is tangling will help. You don't need to go thick - sparse will do just to veil and hold the synthetics in place.

Should add that I use foam post glued into the 'mouth' of the fly for buoyancy and to ensure that the mouth is nice and wide to provide that satisfying 'bloop'. Also, I settled on that particular body  shape because I believe it provides a better action and noise than the flat faced versions. I mean I could be wrong, but I like it. Foam is 'Loco Foam' and I've settled on this rather than 2 or 3mm foam because its light, flexible, swims well and can take a beating with adequate protection. Thicker foams can sink and not swim all that well when coated with epoxy. And, long tail to anchor the fly in the water. A mate was telling me that stripes are a warning sign to predators and would 'scare off kings', right before the one he was casting was inhaled by a nice king... hahahahahaaaaa who knows how fish think?

Really nice Lester. I'm not sure where the line crosses between fly & Skute but I can say I use lightly weighted jig heads on some snap flies for deeper water, and yes, they can be cast with a fly rod.